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Six candidates vying to replace Gavin Newsom as California's next governor took to the debate stage
last night.
And noticeably absent was Eric Swalwell.
Of course, he dropped out of the race last week.
He also resigned from Congress over misconduct allegations, which he denies.
But in a state that's overwhelmingly blue, two Republicans are leading the race.
That's partly due to California's non-partisan primary and split support among the four Democratic challenges.
Last night, the candidates clashed over the state's leadership and on President Trump.
Donald Trump is um he is trying to punish California every way he can.
What we need is the best person who can fight those who are attacking California like Donald Trump.
They keep saying Donald Trump because Democrat policies are a dismal failure in California.
They have nothing to point to.
We've had 16 years of one-party rule by these Democrats.
It's given us the highest poverty rate, the highest unemployment rate, the highest cost of living in America.
It is obviously desperately time for change in California.
All right, Laurel Rosenhall joins us now.
She's a reporter for the New York Times covering California politics and government.
Laurel, good morning to you.
Um so, what did you make of the debate and and how did Swalwell's exit and also California's unique primary rules shape this race for governor?
Swalwell's exit has created an opportunity for two of the Democrats who had been kind of lagging in the polls to now become competitive.
And so, two of those people actually on the dis- on the debate stage last night weren't originally scheduled to be there because they hadn't qualified.
But Matt Mahan, the mayor of San Jose, and Xavier Becerra, the former Health and Human Services Secretary, both of them qualified once the um the debate host did a second poll after Swalwell dropped out.
So, it's making this a much more even crowded and messy primary than it already was.
Um Katie Porter and Tom Steyer had been polling pretty high, close to Swalwell.
And with Swalwell out of the race, we're actually seeing voter interest in other Democrats climb as well.
And that's why I think the strategy last night may have also been interested interesting.
Xavier Becerra, for example, saw a jump in polls after Swalwell dropped out, and he was fiery last night attacking the candidate endorsed by President Trump, Steve Hilton.
Let's just play a clip of that.
It's interesting to watch someone who has served as a talking head on a Fox News program telling us how government should run when he never has run any government in his life.
And it's fascinating to see that he can do all these things when he's talking about not collecting any revenue to be able to do any of this work.
So, what do you make of that strategy?
Is it a strong one for him, and did he really do enough to break out from the pack of Democrats?
Well, there was no like super splashy breakout moment in this debate.
But
Xavier Becerra is leaning in to his resume.
He does have decades of service in government, and a lot of those competitors that he's up against don't have that.
So, he's sort of leaning into his strength as I'm the guy who has held lots of high-powered jobs before, and that's what distinguishes him.
So, he's leaning into that.
He's he's not a flashy personality, but he does have a long resume.
Uh we'll see what the voters um respond to.
But in your view, who were some of the winners and losers from last night's debate?
Well, I mean, I'm going to say that the winners were the voters because and the viewers because this has been a extremely muddled and confusing race.
A lot of energy was spent last year sort of wondering whether or not Kamala Harris was going to get in, and there was some question about whether Senator Alex Padilla would run.
California was kind of obsessed with the redistricting fight last year, and not a lot of attention was paid to the governor's race.
So, it's down to the wire.
Voters are getting their ballots in about 2 weeks.
And I think people are finally tuning in and paying attention and
realizing these are the choices.
You know, there was a big upset with with Eric Swalwell leaving, and these are the choices, and people need to kind of tune in and figure out who they who they want to lead the state.
Yeah. [clears throat]
I hope Californians are paying close attention.
Laurel Rosenhall, thanks so much.
Appreciate you joining.
>> Thanks for having me.
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